Intra-operative diagnosis in surgical neuropathology: a study of 120 cases with reference to squash cytology
Shuangshoti, S.; Shuangshoti, S.; Shuangshoti, S.
Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand 87 Suppl. 2: S244-S248
2004
ISSN/ISBN: 0125-2208 PMID: 16083196 Document Number: 9208
To present results of intra-operative consultation in surgical neuropathology and discuss the diagnostic guideline for squash cytology. The intra-operative pathological diagnosis of 120 neurosurgical specimens was compared with the final histologic diagnosis. Squash preparation was used solely in 83 cases, frozen sections alone in 3 cases, and both techniques in the remaining. An algorithm for cytologic diagnosis was described. The intra-operative pathological diagnoses in neurosurgery were completely (83%) and partially (13%) correlated with the final results. Intra-operative diagnosis in surgical neuropathology is reliable. Squash cytology is highly recommended as an alternative approach.